Exploding Plastic Inevitable

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Exploding Plastic Inevitable was a series of multimedia events in the mid-1960s that combined live music, film projections, performance art, and light shows, most famously featuring The Velvet Underground under the direction of Andy Warhol.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf artistic event series
multimedia performance series
alsoKnownAs EPI
associatedArtist Barbara Rubin
Edie Sedgwick
Gerard Malanga
Mary Woronov
Nico
associatedBand The Velvet Underground
associatedMovement avant-garde
experimental film
multimedia art
pop art
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Andy Warhol
director Andy Warhol
endTime 1967
featuredWork films by Andy Warhol
films by Paul Morrissey
genre experimental rock performance
multimedia performance
psychedelic light show
hasTheme experimentation with perception
sensory overload
urban underground culture
influenced multimedia rock performances
psychedelic concert culture
rock concert light shows
location New York City
mainPerformer Nico
The Velvet Underground
notableFor collaboration between Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground
integration of rock music and avant-garde film
use of multiple simultaneous projections
notableVenue Café Bizarre, New York City
The Dom, New York City
partOf Andy Warhol’s Factory scene
startTime 1966
tourLocation Boston
Chicago
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
San Francisco
usedMedium dance performance
film projections
light show
live music
performance art
slide projections
sound collage
strobe lights

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Andy Warhol
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